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Don't quit! The procedure literally saved my life and my relationship with my daughter. Breastfeeding was pain free and amazing for both her and I afterward. Sometimes if you communicate all the negative symptoms they can get you in stat. Do make sure you do the stretches afterwards otherwise you will need to procedure again. You can do it momma!

Mine has a tongue tie and lip tie, and so do I. I never got around to getting them clipped and now nursing is fine since her mouth has gotten bigger. She's got a funky latch, but she's growing just fine, she's as big as I was when I was 6 months. LO (little one) isnt even 12 weeks sooo yeah.

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K(27) Former SMBC to one amazing baby girl born 10/15 after 6 years of TTC, 1 CP, 1 IVF, 3 FETs, and 1 MMC. Expecting #2 in July! It's a boy!

Mine was revised at 2 days old. It took months to heal from the damage done. They need to learn to use their tongue correctly afterwards. It won't be painless at first, but it gets better pretty quickly (there was less pain immediately).

I don't know how long you are having to wait, but you can count down the days knowing that you are doing the best you can by your child. Think about what is most likely to cause more regret for you.

I also know that when my milk supply tanked, I started getting pretty depressed (chemically -- not because of being sad about it). So part of it is for me too.

My son's lip and tongue ties were clipped when he was a few weeks old. BFing got much better after that. The procedures were virtually painless - he cried for about 1 minute and then fell asleep. Call up your local La Leche League and ask which Ear Nose Throat doctor or pediatric dentist will assess and revise the ties. When I went to ENT doctor, he said "Yep, he is tongue and lip tied" but then asked if I just wanted to work with the lactation consultants more on baby's latch. I was like, no, please clip the ties. It was my second time BFing and it was so much harder than it was the first time, so I knew something wasn't right.

My lo had a posterior tongue tie and upper lip tie. We didn't get a firm diagnosis until she was 10 weeks, at which point we had them clipped. We were concerned about future speech issues and medical problems in addition to her ability to feed well.

Her ties made it so that she had struggled with a bottle as well as the breast, I hated pumping, and she hated formula. So we never moved to the bottle and we've all been happy. She is 13 months and we are still bfing, she's actually pretty obsessed with the boob lol. I intend to bf until she self weans or 2yrs, whichever comes first.

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